The A-Team

There is a plan for everything and I love it when a plan comes together.

Last night I checked out a early screening of the new A-Team movie and unlike most of my movie critic brethren I loved this movie. Is it just me or there are a lot of Action movies out this summer?

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Now what we have here Kiddies is what I consider to be an updated remake/prequel/reboot/what the hell else to call this movie that is trendy.

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Now I have to admit that I am a major fan of the original series. One of the things that you never got to see is “The Crime that they didn’t commit” Well in this flick you got to not only see the crime but you also got to see the formation of the A-Team and you got to see the reason that B.A. has an intense fear of Flying.

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The flick opens with a uber intense chase that makes the new 007 look tame and it is so ridicules that it rules. And it barely stops there.

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Lets take a look at the team

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..Col.., “..Hannibal..” Smith played by Liam Neeson The leader of the team and the man with the plan ....Hannibal.... was very loyal to the character in the original. On that note I am happy to see that they kept the cigars, that was a major prop for the character in the original and I was afraid that it would not be included in this flick because it is not PC and we can’t have the parents getting upset about that. And it was also a Cuban that he was smoking I don’t know if it was a CAO which seems that they are always sponsoring something. (Which I talk about while I puff on a Hoyo De Monterey 1066)....

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Lt, “Face” Peck played by Bradley Cooper excellent job here I am not all that familiar with him except for the Hangover. And I enjoyed his performance.....

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Sgt "B.A." Baracus played by Quentin “Rampage Jackson. I liked the fact that he played the character and not him acting like Mr T which is what I was expecting and they had a good character arc for him. Now I feel the need to point out when you first see the character he has PITTY tattooed on one hand and FOOL on the other. Now I know that is a play on Mr T’s famous catch phrase “I Pitty the Fool” …Just for the record that line wasn’t used in the A-Team it was used in Rocky 3 in the interview scene.....

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Captain H.M Murdock played by Sharlto Copley now this guy stole the movie. For those of you that are unfamiliar with the movie Murdock is nuts and he is used for most of the comic relief in the movie and the crowds were really into him.....

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Needless to say check this flick out go see it and if you do stay after the credits and you will see a scene where Murdock and Face interact with Murdock and Face if you know what I mean....

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3 Dead Bodies....

0 Breasts....

0 Beasts....

2 Car Chase....

1 Plane chase....

1 Flying tank Chase....

1 Inverted Helocopter chase....

9 Cigars....

I lost Track of Explosions....

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4 Stars ....

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Triangle

OK Kiddies I admit that it has been a while since my last review but I assure you that I will be doing more for my loyal fans in the next few weeks.

Allot of the talk since my last review has been the death of Corey Haim. Now don't get me wrong that is a tragedy and he will be missed but what people don't know is that we lost another great filmmaker recently

Charles B Pierce passed away this past month and I am getting a lot of people going "Who was that?" however people from The great state of Texas and Horror connoisseurs instantly know the name.

Pierce is best known for the documentary The Legend of Boggy Creek. The flick which is considered by many, Myself included to be a precursor to the Blair Witch Project, Tells the story of the Fouke Monster, A Bigfoot like creature near Tex-arcana that many have seen and some have been attacked. Being given a documentary feel Pierce hired actual locals to either play themselves are their relatives and has this feeling of fear and dread that has yet to be replicated in modern
films of today.

Pierce also was one of the writers of the Clint Eastwood Directed Dirty Harry epic Sudden Impact and it was Pierce that gave Clint the immortal line "Go Ahead Make My Day"

Another one of Pierce's flicks that is one of the greats of the Drive in, Grindhouses, and Video Stores is The Town that Dreaded Sundown.

This flick is another Documentary style film about the Phantom Killer, a serial Killer in Tex-arcana that was never apprehended and many claim still lives there.

Due to the fact that there has not been an official DVD release of the flick a lot have forgotten about this "lost Gem" however it can be found on the Bootleg Circuit at the Conventions as well as copies on the Internet.

The Town that Dreaded Sundown gained it's place in Horror History by receiving honorable mention in a scene in the 1996 film Scream.
The mask worn by the killer is a simple burlap sack that was also used by Horror Icon Jason Vorhees in Friday the 13th part 2 and early scenes in the 2009 Remake.

Another film that features the mask worn by the killer is the new film Triangle.

Now what we have here kiddies is the story of a young woman that goes with some friends on a boat, and after a while a storm takes out the boat and they encounter an abandoned ship and they have to face off against a mysterious masked killer. Who is this Killer, Why are they being Killed, What the heck is going on? You have to see the Movie to find out

7 confirmed Dead Bodies (see the Film and you will understand)
0 Breasts
3 Beasts
1 Car Crash

3 Stars

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The Crazies

Now most of you already know that George A. Romero is a friend of mine I first met him in 2007 at the Texas Frightmare Weekend and I have seen him a few times ever since. I still laugh at the time that he got my DP friend Brandon Drunk on Absolute Vodka...That was funny as hell. I'm not going to say that we are buds but I always look forward to seeing him at the cons.

Night of the Living Dead is one of my all time favorite flicks and I watch it at least once a year.
Another of my favorites is Creepshow, However one that I just couldnot get into is the Crazies.
Even though I will admit that it has it's more frightening areas in the fact that it is more believable than the Dead Films.

The Crazies is what it will always be an anti Vietnam flick that portrays the military as buffoonish and corrupt. which is a statement that Mr. Romero often places in his movies more and more.

Now lets take this to the present The Crazies has just been remade. Now I think may be the best time to remake the flick. I honestly think that the flick had better production value than the original.

On that side note That is my issue with these big budget remakes is that they are big budgets compared to the low budgets that the originals had. I think that the originals improved on their stories to make up for the lack of proper funding.

Now back on task. What we have here kiddies is the story of a small town that after a plane crashes in their river the town's drinking supply is contaminated by a biological agent that basically makes people go insane. The story focuses on the town sheriff (played by Timothy Olyphant) and his wife (Radha Mitchell) struggling to survive the attacks by the infected "Crazies" as well as the military that has locked down the town to cover up their own screw up.

Like I said earlier the production quality is improved as a result of the budget the flick has a more or less upbeat climax than the original and I feel that the timing of it's release is ether right on time or too late depending on your political views. In other words you will leave the theater feeling that you hate your government or that you really want to go home and pop in 28 Days Later because the plots feel really similar.

23 Dead Bodies
0 Breasts
8 Beasts
Military Villains
Crazed Zombies
Chopper Fu
Truck Fu
Burning
Hanging
Shooting
Implaings with Pitchforks

2 1/2 Stars

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